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CHARLES T. JULIUS,A OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. Leners Patent No.60,903, dated Jamai-y 1, 1857.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, CHARLES '.I. IULIUS, of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,but now residing at Liverpool, England, have invented an Improvement inAnchors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Mv invention consists of certain arms hinged to and otherwise combinedwith an anchor, substantially as described hereafter, so as to preventlthe entangling of the cable'with the anchor, which frequently takesplace owrngto the swinging motion of a vessel in a tide-way and fromother causes.

In order to enable others skilled'iin the art to maken my invention, Iwill now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, Which forms a part of thisspecification, and in Whichl Figure 1 is a-view partly in section of myimproved anchor.

Figure 2, a perspective view'; and

Figure 3, a view illustrating the advantage of my improvement.

A is the shank of the anchor, to one end of which is connected the usualring a. To the crown end of the shank is jointed a. curved bar, B, ateach end of which is a fluke, c, and to the bar near each nke is jointeda link, b. To the shank A are jointed two arms e e', which can be turnedtothe positions shown in figs. 1 and 3, the movements of the arms beinglimited by shoulders :c 11: 'on the shank. When the anchor rests on thebed of a river or harbor, it occupies the position shown in iig. 2.. Ifowing, to the swinging motion of the vessel in a tide-way or from anyother cause, the cable should become coiled round one of the arms e ore', the latter willbe turned back until it strikes the shoulder a1 olfthe shank, as shown in tig. 3, when the cable Will readily free itselffrom the arm. As the anchor is dragged onward in the direction of thearrow, iig. 3, its arm will be turned to its former position against theshoulder z, as seen in figs. 1 and 2. Although 'I have shown anddescribed the anchor with a curved fluke-bar hinged to the shank, itwill be apparent that my invention may be applied to ordinary anchors.

I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Thearms e and e, hinged to and otherwise combined with an anchor,substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of twosnbscribing witnesses.

CHAS. T. JULIUS. Witnesses:

THOMAS H. DUDLEY, U. S. Consul, Liverpool, JOHN S. WILLrs'roN.

